Current Contract:
Signed a one-year contract on February 27, 2007.

Became a Cardinal:
Selected in the third round (95th overall) of the June, 2003 First-Year Player Draft. Received a $400,000 signing bonus.

2006 Season:
Converted to relief prior to the season, Dove posted a 2.81 ERA in 41 games, allowing 38 hits, striking out 56 and walking 13 in 51.1 innings for high Class A Palm Beach before being promoted to Double-A Springfield on July 26. He posted an 8.79 ERA in 13 games for Springfield. Following the season, Dove was chosen to participate in the Arizona Fall League. He appeared in six games for the Peoria Saguaros, posting a 1.93 ERA, allowing four hits, striking out seven and walking four in 9.1 innings. The Cardinals purchased Dove's contract on November 20, adding him to the 40-man roster.

Career Notes:
After being drafted in 2003, Dove went 1-3 with a 3.51 ERA in seven starts for short-season New Jersey. In what should have been his first full season, Dove battled an injured right ankle in 2004 and was limited to only nine starts between New Jersey and Low-A Peoria. He spent most of the first half in extended spring training, but did make a few spot starts for Peoria, going 0-1 with a 4.97 ERA, walking 10 and striking out only four in 12-2/3 innings. He made six starts for New Jersey in the second half, posting a 0-5 record with an 8.06 ERA and a 24/13 K/BB ratio in 22-1/3 innings. Dove had surgery following the season to correct his ankle problem.

Dove began 2005 at low Class A Quad Cities where he went 7-5 with a 3.88 ERA in 18 starts, striking out 72 and walking 30 in 102 innings in eighteen starts. He finished the season at high Class A Palm Beach after being promoted on July 11, posting a 4.85 ERA in eight starts.

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